2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $30-$48k) in Missouri

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Religious Studies is the 115th most popular major in the country with 9,704 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,163 and had an average of $28,712 in loans still to pay off.

Across Missouri, there were 55 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,900 and $24,093 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 50 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,837 and $25,380 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the religious studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The religion school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $30-$48k) in Missouri

#1

Evangel University

Springfield, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$20,232 Average Net Price

$26,353 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Evangel University landed the #1 spot on the list. Evangel is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s religion degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Evangel, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Evangel is $20,232 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Religion students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Religious Studies at Evangel

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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